It is common that college towns tend to come with traditions or things you simply “must do” before leaving town after graduation. Laramie definitely comes with its very own set of “must dos,” which does a great job of showcasing the uniqueness of our little town. 1. Try Pad Thai Fries One of the…
To some, this piece may come off as being a bit cynical, but leaving people behind has been something that has inevitably happened during my college career – and it doesn’t necessarily have to be a negative thing, either. “Leaving people behind” can be taken a few different ways, whether it be leaving people behind…
For most people who have grown up in Wyoming, the University of Wyoming is not necessarily their first-choice school, and Laramie doesn’t really come to mind when thinking about their destination. Personally, I was set on moving to Fairfax, Virginia and was going to get my degree from George Mason University; however, that is not…
I have spent the last four years exploring Laramie, which wasn’t necessarily where I wanted to end up for college; however, after discovering some of the hidden gems here, I wouldn’t have it any other way. Sushi Boat There has always been an unspoken debate about where the best sushi in Laramie comes from….
Ever since I was in the fifth grade, I have known that I wanted to go into journalism in some form for a career. A few years later I knew that I wanted to write about musicians and artists because I thought it would be amazing to get to tell people’s stories. I continued to…
Unique characters will come together on UW’s campus this week when this year’s musical “Company” opens. “Company” is a musical comedy from 1970 and in the production on UW’s campus has a 14 person cast, which is accompanied by 28 instrumentalists and six singers. “It’s really quite an incredible ensemble,” Riley Wisler, who plays the…
One by one, members of the local band Elk Tongue made their way to a table in Coal Creek Tap in downtown Laramie on a Wednesday afternoon. Seth Leininger, guitarist, sat across from me, drinking his coffee while Keaton Elsasser, vocalist and guitarist, made his way over to the other side of the store to…
As college students, we are all faced with the many forms that stress can come in. Whether it is schoolwork, work, relationships, lack of sleep or anything that falls in between. The real trick is understanding what to do with all of this stress, especially because it does not always just come in one form….
This past week ASUW held a reading for the Senate Resolution #2539, authored by ASUW Vice President Tyler Wolfgang, which was a resolution about being able to fly the LGBTQ flag annually during the pride month of June. When I first heard about this resolution, I was really excited about it. I have been an…
Five years ago, Patrick Harrington and Jackson Clarendon started playing music together which led to the creation of the Libby Creek Original. “We had the same friends but we never met and then we started playing together and it worked out,” Harrington said. The two founding members grew up on opposite sides of the Big…
Music is something that can be present in everyday life and for Grammy-nominated, bluegrass singer Sierra Hull, playing music has always been something she felt she was meant to do. Hull began playing mandolin at the age of eight. Before discovering her love for the mandolin, Hull was interested in learning how to play the…
Some may think that being artistically inclined is something individuals are born with, but to Seth Leininger, Wyoming native and local artist, it is much more. “The whole 10,000 hours rule, I am a huge believer in, where you’re not a master in something until you’ve done it for 10,000 hours,” Leininger said. Leininger discovered…
